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This collection explores rivers and fresh water as parts of the social and environmental life of Oceania. Contributors examine how waterways connect places, sustain livelihoods, carry memories and become involved in disputes about land, resources and development.
Case studies consider Marovo Lagoon, Vanuatu’s Santo, eastern Polynesia, the Porgera and Sepik regions of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand’s Waikato River and Hawai‘i’s Wailuku River. Mythical creatures, religious interpretations, mining waste and tourism appear alongside accounts of customary relationships with water. Original photographs, maps, figures and tables support the comparative ethnographic studies.